Climate change, the monsoon, and rice yield in India
Authors:
Jeffrey Vincent, Maximilian Auffhamer, V Ramanathan
Tags:
agricultural economics, climate change, economic impact, farmers, India, rice yield
Journal:
Climate Change
Year Published:
2011
Policy Summary
This paper points to the impact that climate change has already had negatively affecting India’s hundreds of millions of rice producers and consumers, and provides economic impacts of these changes on yield percentages. This paper could be used to support an agricultural economics perspective on climate change regulation policy.
